Program Overview

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Technology Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship Master of Science

Degree

Technology Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship

Master of Science Degree

Overview

RIT’s technology and innovation management enhances your ability to solve problems with unique and creative solutions preparing you to lead technological change in entrepreneurial ways.

Why Study Technology Innovation at RIT?

• STEM-OPT Visa Eligible: The STEM Optional Practical Training (OPT) program allows full-time, on-campus international students on an F-1 student visa to stay and work in the U.S. for up to three years after graduation.
• Leverage RIT’s rich entrepreneurial culture: You’ll have access to the Simone Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, The Construct, and Venture Creations Incubator.
• Choose from two tracks: The technology management track and the technology entrepreneurship track provide immersive knowledge in key areas that impact technology innovation.
• Technology innovation is fueled by technology, the arts, and design: Only at RIT can you connect with resources across the fields of business, science, technology, engineering, and design.

RIT’s Technology and Innovation Management Master’s

Managing technology and innovation requires the skills to create value for your startups or entrepreneurial organizations. This entrepreneurship master’s offers opportunities to engage with business leaders and entrepreneurs, learn from business coaches and mentors, and capitalize on the developmental opportunities available on campus. You can leverage the robust technology environment at RIT and emerge as a business leader who can lead technological entrepreneurship by solving problems, inventing, creating innovative products and services, and commercializing their ideas.

Tracks

Two tracks cater to the unique needs of innovation managers and technology entrepreneurship.

• Technology management track: Designed to equip you with advanced skills in product development and data analytics enabling you to address organizational management and strategy needs.
• Technology entrepreneurship track: Equips you with skills required to start and manage new ventures utilizing research and marketing analytics, evaluate market options, and build strategy to capitalize on the options.

Access to Industry Technology and Resources

Capitalize on a rich entrepreneurial culture on campus, with full access, hands-on exposure to facilities such as the Simone Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, where you engage with:

• Industry experts and innovation coaches who provide one-on-one coaching and mentorship to develop your idea or start-up
• Idea labs where students get to solve actual problems of organizations and businesses
• Student Accelerator program where students get paid to develop their business concepts to seek angel investment
• Programs that solve real world challenges or teach students to raise funds to create and manage their own ventures
• Tiger tank competition where students pitch their early-stage product or service business idea to a panel of judges for prize money

Additional resources include The Construct, a world-class maker space; Venture Creations, RIT’s business incubator; and MAGIC Spell Studios, an entrepreneurial and commercial production studio. Teachers, industry mentors, an applied approach, and access to science, technology, engineering, and design resources prepare you to focus on entrepreneurial and innovation processes by which inventions and creative new ideas are brought to market.

Careers and Experiential Learning

Typical Job Titles

• Business Model Designer
• Change Agent
• Business Development Lead
• Innovation Analyst
• Venture Architect
• Product and Integration Lead
• Business Operations Planner
• Business Analyst
• Product Manager
• Digital Transformation Strategist
• Chief Technology Officer

Cooperative Education and Internships

What makes an RIT education exceptional? It’s the ability to complete relevant, hands-on career experience. At the graduate level, and paired with an advanced degree, cooperative education and internships give you the unparalleled credentials that truly set you apart. Learn more about graduate co-op and how it provides you with the career experience employers look for in their next top hires.

Co-ops and internships take your knowledge and turn it into know-how. Business co-ops provide hands-on experience that enables you to apply your knowledge of business, management, finance, accounting, and related fields in professional settings. You'll make valuable connections between course work and real-world applications as you build a network of professional contacts.

Cooperative education is optional but strongly encouraged for graduate students in the MS in technology innovation management and entrepreneurship.

Technology Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management Careers

Graduates of RIT's master of science in technology entrepreneurship and innovation management are prepared for outstanding career opportunities across all industries. Our alumni are employed at diverse firms such as Excellus BlueCross BlueShield, DataKarma Consultancy, and more. Our Management Advisory Board helps students prepare for their careers by ensuring the curriculum is continuously updated to meet employers needs while providing networking and mentorship opportunities.

Featured Work and Profiles

• DataKarma Consultancy, Rochester, New York Bhuvish Mehta ’23 "I could not have asked for a better support system than at Saunders College and Simone Center [for building and supporting my own business]."
• Research Insights: Balancing innovation and sustainability Manlu Liu, Sean Hansen, John Tu Balancing innovation and sustainability in consortium-based open source software development. Can exploration and exploitation be balanced effectively?
• Research Insights: Wearable Tech: “I want to live to be 100!” Sean Hansen Fitbit, brand communities, and the transhumanist vision
• Research Insights: “Alexa, lock my front door” Emi Moriuchi Voice conversation agents, home security, and customer satisfaction.
• Research Insights: Coming Full Circle Clyde Eirikur Hull Exploring circular economy opportunities.
• Business and Technology University, Tbilisi, Georgia Mariam Sharangia ’21 "The available infrastructure, content, and super friendly and open staff create a secure and nurturing environment for one to innovate and experiment with new ideas."

Curriculum for Technology Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship MS

Technology Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship (Technology

Management Option), MS degree, typical course sequence

• INTB-710 Global Business Analytics
• MGIS-650 Introduction to Data Analytics and Business Intelligence
• MGMT-735 Management of Innovation
• MGMT-740 Leading Teams in Organizations
• MGMT-780 Technology Strategy
• Data Management and Analytics Electives
• Managerial Skills Electives

Technology Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship (Technology

Entrepreneurship Option), MS degree, typical course sequence

• INTB-710 Global Business Analytics
• MGIS-650 Introduction to Data Analytics and Business Intelligence
• MGMT-720 Entrepreneurship and Technology Entrepreneurship
• MGMT-740 Leading Teams in Organizations
• MGMT-765 Applied Venture Creation
• MGMT-780 Technology Strategy
• MKTG-761 Marketing Concepts and Commercialization
• Data Management and Analytics Electives
• Managerial Skills Elective

Electives

Data Management and Analytics Electives

• BANA-680 Data Management for Business Analytics
• DECS-744 Project Management
• DECS-782 Statistical Analysis for Decision Making
• MGIS-725 Data Management and Analytics

Managerial Skills Electives

• ACCT-603 Accounting for Decision Makers
• FINC-605 Financing New Ventures
• HRDE-742 Leading Change
• MGMT-610 Global Entrepreneurship
• MGMT-710 Managing for Environmental Sustainability
• MGMT-755 Negotiations
• MGMT-758 Seminar in Management
• MKTG-778 Commercialization and Marketing of New Products
• SERQ-740 Leading Innovation

Admissions and Financial Aid

This program is available on-campus only.

• Offered: Full-time, Part-time
• Admit Term(s): Fall, Spring
• Application Deadline: Rolling
• STEM Designated: Yes (Full-time), No (Part-time)

Application Details

To be considered for admission to the Technology Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship MS program, candidates must fulfill the following requirements:

• Complete an online graduate application.
• Submit copies of official transcript(s) (in English) of all previously completed undergraduate and graduate course work, including any transfer credit earned.
• Hold a baccalaureate degree (or US equivalent) from an accredited university or college. A minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 (or equivalent) is recommended.
• Submit a current resume or curriculum vitae.
• Submit a personal statement of educational objectives.
• Letters of recommendation are optional.
• Entrance exam requirements: GRE or GMAT required for individuals with degrees from international universities. No minimum score requirement.

Cost and Financial Aid

An RIT graduate degree is an investment with lifelong returns. Graduate tuition varies by degree, the number of credits taken per semester, and delivery method. View the general cost of attendance or estimate the cost of your graduate degree.

A combination of sources can help fund your graduate degree. Learn how to fund your degree

Faculty

• Malarvizhi Hirudayaraj Associate Professor
• Dr. dt ogilvie
• Joy Olabisi Adjunct Faculty

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Contact

Admissions Contact

• Delaney Ball Assistant Director Office of Graduate and Part-Time Enrollment Services Enrollment Management 585-475-6933

Program Contact

• Matthew Cornwell Associate Director of Student Services Student Services Saunders College of Business 585-475-6916

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